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JCook62.JPGStack 'em up113 viewsL to R: PFC Vincent Vigilotti, PFC Douglas C. Johnson stack up the empty tubes from the 105mm ammo as SFC Therman L. Lowery (Chief of Firing Battery) who replaced "First Shirt" 1stSgt Johnnie Winston, does the hard job of supervising.
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JCook13a.JPG105mm shrapnel113 viewsNuttin' to mess with; the 105mm can do some bodily harm. Same piece of shrapnel shown on a plate.
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JCook-109.JPGLooking more like a war zone now113 viewsBattery Commander Osborne has the troops in formation for a message. Probably told them to bathe more often. You can now see the glimmer and shine of stateside OD uniforms give way to continuous field duty. Certainly not how we started out!
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SC11-_69Armor.JPGThe working end113 viewsJanuary, 1969. A tank of the 1/69th Armored.
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SC10-_69Armor.JPGPlaying with the help113 viewsDecember, 1968. The two GIs work inside the 1/69th TOC shop. The two young girls are "hooch maids".
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June_69_Mail_Room_bunk.JPGJune, 1969113 viewsGot the mailroom job and this is my bunk area, complete with standing GI metal locker, wooden footlocker, and mosquito mesh over bunk. Next photo is Steven Brown, the guy who went home and I got his job.
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price113 views"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.
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SK-53.JPGMe and ?113 viewsNote back of refrigerator and fancy light fixture hanging at right.
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SK-51.jpgMe & Moon113 viewsSmiling for the camera. Me and John "Moon" Mullins in our tent. That device that Moon is holding in his left hand was for use back when he had hair.
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WTC-2.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet113 viewsDo you see an "odd man out" here? No? Well, neither do I.
Maj Jerry Orr hosted our reunion.
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WTC-1.JPGReunion Photos - Wayne Crochet113 viewsThe "old soldier" comes out in Wayne Crochet as it appears 1SG Doucette has called him to attention. Well...at least that part of basic training Wayne can still handle.
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DY-10.jpgReunion Photos - Danny Yates113 viewsSGM Wallace Moore receives applause for his portrayal of a Buffalo Soldier in period costume of the mid-1800s in the early days of Ft Sill's founding. His "story-telling" followed the retirement ceremony as part of our retirement agenda. SGM Moore has written two books about the Buffalo Soldiers.
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